Mechanical Dewatering of Tailings Team – SP21 Overview Three senior design teams at Colorado School of Mines looked at different aspects of tailings management within the realm of the mining industry. Mine tailings (a waste byproduct of ore processing) have the...
Mine Waste Stabilization Overview The Fourmile Watershed, located just west of Boulder, CO, was heavily mined for gold and silver in the past. The 2010 Fourmile Wildfire and the 2013 Colorado Flood exposed many waste rock piles from legacy mining and accelerated...
